Posts by orbison

a jw at my work (who doesnt know i used to be a jw) is rambling on in the lounge about how the preaching work is still being done and doesnt seem close to being acclomplished all over the earth.

she also said that the thought of this system going on for another 6 or so years makes her sick!

she said she couldnt wait for armegeddon (sp?

ah yes, i also have one, he is about 20, doesnt know i was df
he has a prospect he witnesses to all the time, she told me
so i sat with them at lunch the other day, lol, he told us how he gave someone the finger, and swore, was sweet
i am waiting for the right time:)

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Carnation Jeff?

by Helen in

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did you get flooded away?

heard it was pretty bad...email me, we are haveing an apostofest in b.c july 4..want to go?.

[email protected]

orbison

we got the worst of the floods here yuk
hey count me in for the fest in bc

orbison

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Giving Up Smoking

by ballistic in

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i'm giving up smoking on the 22nd.

it will be the third time, but this time as part of a government sponsored training course with drugs and patches supplied etc.

anyone else given up and got any helpfull advise?.

orbison

just wondering what the average age of those doing the witnessing work now would be

btw good luck with the quitting smoking, sounds like good support

orb

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CNN account of star of bethlehem

by orbison in

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(cnn) -- a u.s. astronomer said he has uncovered the first reference to the star of bethlehem outside the bible, in the 4th-century writings of a christian convert who wanted to hide the astrological roots of the celestial phenomenon.

for centuries, scientists and scholars have debated about the nature of the biblical light that led the magi to the newborn jesus.

some have suggested a comet or supernova.

orbison

(CNN) -- A U.S. astronomer said he has uncovered the first reference to the star of Bethlehem outside the Bible, in the 4th-century writings of a Christian convert who wanted to hide the astrological roots of the celestial phenomenon.

For centuries, scientists and scholars have debated about the nature of the Biblical light that led the Magi to the newborn Jesus. Some have suggested a comet or supernova.

But Michael Molnar concluded that the star was actually a double eclipse of Jupiter roughly 2,000 years ago.

The former Rutgers University researcher came up with the idea while studying a symbolic star map on an ancient Roman empire coin from Syria, which depicts Aries the ram and other celestial symbols.

Molnar, deducing that Aries was the sign of the Jews, figured that ancient astrologers would have searched that constellation for a sign of a savior of the kingdom of Judea.

Computer modeling backed up his claim. But Molnar lacked historical proof until now, he said.

The Mathesis, a book written in 334 A.D. by Firmicus Maternus, an astrologer of Constantine the Great, described an astrological event involving an eclipse of Jupiter by the moon in Aries, and said that it signified the birth of a divine king.

"Maternus did not mention Jesus' name," Molnar said. "But Roman astrology was a popular craze at the time and everyone reading the book would have known the reference was to Jesus and that the astrological event was the star of Bethlehem."

He failed to bring up the name because he did not wish to offend the sensibilities of members of his new religion, who thought that the Christian God, not the stars, governed the destiny of humankind.

But old beliefs still held great sway in the Roman Empire.

"Being a pagan who had converted to Christianity in his lifetime, Firmicus was torn. Hence his use of astrology to support the Christian story, but in a veiled way," Molnar said.

The unconventional astronomer has gained the respect of notable Biblical historians.

"I take Molnar's work quite seriously," said Owen Gingerich of Harvard University. "Anything he comes up with along these lines has to be considered as being very likely correct."

Gushed Bradley Schaefer of Yale University, in a review Molnar's book, 'The Star of Bethlehem': "(It) has stunning new insight and approach, which finally gives a confident answer to a question that has fascinated all Christians through the ages."

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Do you resemble a celebrity?

by duped in

just for fun, i thought we could post what celebrities people may have told us we look like.

i know, i know, it's all fluff baby!

i'll be the first one to say it....i'm mainly a fluff poster.

orbison

hey here is some real fluff
have been told i look like and sound like goldie hawn, now thats true fluff:)

wendy d

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One of my first real christmas!

by Nicolas in

tonight, i had one of my first real christmas.

we had a little christmas tree in our home and we opened the gifts with my mother and my little sister.

we were supposed to go at the house of my grandparent for christmas but we weren't able to do it but anyway, i'm really happy to see that this was made with real love.

orbison

yes nicolas i agree, i also want to socialize more with people, i have not done that since leaving,4 years now and i was a social butterfly when in, but not now,
do any others feel that way also??

wendy

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Small Souls, Enormous Grief

by Esmeralda in

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i wish to god that i could give amanda higley and her family what they truly want most for christmas.. amanda nicole higley is just four years old.

"so i can fix daddy's building.".

"i'll fix daddy's building.

orbison

how could one read this and not have many tears??:)

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Funny Christmas Gift Stories, please?

by Bendrr in

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ok, who gives "joke gifts" for christmas?.

do you do the big box, little gift gag?

or wrap layer after layer of gift wrap on a present just for a laugh?.

orbison

ah i remember as a child, about 7, female, my sister and i woke and found string tied around our beds, santa left it there, as we found out when we read the notes with our parents
then we had to follow the string, or no payola
had bout 500 feet of string throughout the house
and finally found our bikes downstairs, that was about 40 yrs ago, and i cant forget it

wendy d